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050 0 0 _aRC275
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100 1 _aHesketh, Robin.
245 1 0 _aBetrayed by nature :
_bthe war on cancer /
_cRobin Hesketh.
260 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2012.
300 _ax, 255 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aHistory and causes. A short stroll through the history of cancer -- Counting cancers and comparing causes.
505 0 _aGenes and cells: from normal to cancer. A bit of dogma: atoms, molecules, genes, and proteins -- What is a cell? -- "Cancer genes": what are they? -- A case of corruption.
505 0 _aCancer cells and whole genomes. Tumors: what are they? -- Let's sequence your DNA.
505 0 _aDetection and treatment. Where are we? Where are we going?
520 _aA comprehensive history of the medical advances in the battle against cancer provides a tour of human biology to explain what happens to the body when the disease develops, and discusses the science behind current treatments.
650 0 _aCancer.
650 0 _aCancer
_xResearch.
942 _cBOOK
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